WEBVTT THE BEYOND THE BASICS FOOTBALL CAP RETURNS TO BALTIMORE THIS WEEKEND -- THE BEYOND THE BASICS FOOTBALL CAMP RETURNS TO BALTIMORE THIS WEEKEND. AND JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT IT IS THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE IDEA NEW YORK JETS LINEBACKER BRANDON COPELAND. WELCOME. >> HAPPY TO BE HERE. LISA: YOU KEEP BUSY ALL YEAR ROUND. >> I TRY TO. LISA: TELL ME ABOUT THIS CAMP YOU HAVE. >> IT IS A CAMP MY WIFE AND I CAME UP WITH, AND BASICALLY, TO BECOME FAIRLY HONEST, THE LESSING WE CARE ABOUT IS THE BALL REALLY. WE ARE MORE SO INTERESTED IN EXPOSING YOUNG PEOPLE IN BALTIMORE TO OTHER CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, PROFESSION, PEOPLE, WAYS OF THINKING, THINGS WE THINK PLAY LARGE ROLLS IN OUR SUCCESS -- ROLES IN OUR SUCCESS. YOU LIKE TO BE A VESSEL TO SHOW THESE KIDS. YOU ARE EXCITED FOR SATURDAY. LISA: HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU HAVE SIGNED UP? >> WE HAVE 400 KIDS. THE FIRST YEAR, WE HAD 147 COME. LAST YEAR, A LITTLE OVER 250, AND NOW, 400. WE ARE ACCEPTING SOME WALK-UP. LISA: YOU USUALLY HAVE NFL PLAYERS HELPING YOU OUT. WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS YEAR? >> THE NFL PLAYERS WILL STILL BE THERE TO HELP OUT. LAST YEAR, WE ENDED UP HAVING THE KIDS DO COMMUNITY SERVICE. I WAS A BIG SURPRISE LAST YEAR. WE HAD THE KIDS COME ON THE FIRST DAY AND THEY HAD TO PUT TOGETHER HYGIENE KITS AND BOOK BAGS, 500 EACH, AND WE DISTRIBUTED THOSE THROUGHOUT BALTIMORE CITY. THIS YEAR, WE ARE DOING 750 OF THOSE EACH. THIS YEAR, ONE OF THE BIG SURPRISES IF YOU, I -- IF YOU COMMIT TO THE CAMP, WE WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF POLICE OFFICERS AND BE THERE AT THE CAMP TO KIND OF -- AT THE CAMP AS VOLUNTEERS TO BUILD THE COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE KIDS. THE POLICE OFFICERS -- THE KIDS CAN UNDERSTAND THAT POLICE OFFICERS ARE PEOPLE. WE ARE LOOKING TO USE OUR CAMP AS A PLATFORM TO SPEAK TO THINGS OFF THE FOOTBALL FIELD REALLY. LISA: WHAT IS INSPIRING YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS THIS YEAR? >> THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON IN OUR WORLD AND IN OUR COUNTRY. I THINK THAT WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO TRY AND IMPROVE. WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS YEAR, WE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH SOME VERY COOL, DOWN-TO-EARTH, OFFICERS. I AM SURE THERE ARE MANY OF THEM OUT THERE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED A SPECIAL GROUP OF PEOPLE TO DELIVER THIS TYPE OF MESSAGE. LISA: HOW OLD ARE THESE KIDS AND WHO IS BANKROLLING THIS? YOU? >> SPONSORS. I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE SOME AMAZING SPONSORS. WE HAVE KIDS AGES 11 AND 17. WE HAD SPONSORS LIKE FORD WHO ARE DONATING MONEY, THE WEISS FAMILY FOUNDATION, CHICK-FIL-A DONATING LUNCH. WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE PEOPLE WILLING TO HELP OUT. LISA: I WANT TO ASK YOU THIS, KIDS WILL ASK YOU HOW ABOUT TAKING A KNEE. WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE? >> MY RESPONSE IS HIM AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING I WOULD PERSONALLY DO, BUT BECAUSE THE MESSAGE HAS SHIFTED FROM THE ORIGINAL CAUSE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, MY RESPONSE WOULD BE STANDUP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN. FIND THE RIGHT WAY WHERE IT DOESN’T AFFECT YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR WELL-BEING. BUT ULTIMATELY, THERE IS A NEED AFFECTING MY COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING CHANGE. LISA: THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. IT IS TRULY WONDERFUL. EVEN THE REGISTRATION IS MAXED OUT, THE FOOTBALL CAMP IS THIS SATURDAY AND THEY ARE STILL ACCEPTING WALK ONS.

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Updated: 12:36 PM EDT Jul 5, 2018

New York Jets linebacker Brandon Copeland talks about his Beyond the Basics football camp.

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New York Jets linebacker Brandon Copeland talks about his Beyond the Basics football camp.